Month: September 2019
‘Some prospective employers no longer hire on the basis of qualifications’
Skills not Degrees? How important is a university degree to land a job in today’s workplace? According to a recent study by LinkedIn, it is not as important as most people assume. The study fou...
Children and Technology
Should you let children use technology? And if so, what’s the limits? How much is enough? And most importantly, should schools use technology in education and if so, how do they go about it? A l...
Your shopping only a click away
“Throughout the world, physical retailers are feeling the pinch of the rapidly-expanding e-commerce industry.” In my previous article I spoke about the impact of e-commerce on traditional ...
Does technology drive retail, or does retail drive technology?
Does technology drive retail, or does retail drive technology? In my opinion, it works both ways, depending on the situation. At times retail pushes technology innovation to meet the changing needs of...
Great Pioneers of Technology
Last year, the world of computing lost one of its great pioneers, Ted Dabney. He was the founder of Atari and the creator of Pong, one of the most iconic video games made. Like Ted Dabney, there are c...
US ‘retail apocalypse’ only just beginning
Mallageddon – The End Times for Malls? The “retail apocalypse” in the US has claimed more victims in the first quarter of the year than last year combined. By end of last month, almost 6...
Incorrect Perceptions about Smart Cities
The recent announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa about developing a “smart city” in South Africa has created quite a stir and has triggered a lot of conversation. Unfortunately, it seems not many ...
Space racer or war hawk?
Space, the Final Frontier? India has made headlines for something other than the situation in Kashmir: the failure of its first planned moon landing. The ambitious Chandrayaan-2 project, which was sup...
Did you know . . .
On September 9, 1947, computer scientist Grace Hopper reported the world’s first computer bug. A bug is a flaw or glitch in a system. Thomas Edison reported “bugs” in his designs as early as the 1800s...
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